as in pretty
to some degree or extent
these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
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Recent Examples of relatively
Although the 174,000 difference between the two numbers is relatively tiny, from a sociopolitical standpoint one shows growth while the other shows shrinkage.
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
With its relatively expensive food and shop, the Super Bowl fan experience was not an affordable experience.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Hiring, quits and layoff rates held relatively steady.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Had training standards slipped, pushing relatively inexperienced ski patrollers into dangerous situations?
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
With its relatively expensive food and shop, the Super Bowl fan experience was not an affordable experience.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Hiring, quits and layoff rates held relatively steady.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Had training standards slipped, pushing relatively inexperienced ski patrollers into dangerous situations?
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for relatively
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatively
Adverb
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On the court, this trade is pretty much a teardown event for Memphis, a commitment to a full-on rebuild after the Jackson-Desmond Bane-Ja Morant core couldn’t get past the second round of the playoffs and began backsliding in the standings once Morant’s availability and production declined.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The sweater over the button-down feels pretty sophisticated, but the short hem adds some fun.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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For Rios, the celebration hits home — quite literally — as a Bay Area native.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Firstly, in drone technology, operating tactics and countermeasures, Russia has caught up and is quite possibly ahead.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Halftime shows for many years were also fairly boring affairs.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2026
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Despite that shift, conditions should otherwise be fairly consistent with lots of sunshine and overnight lows in the 40s.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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For another, this drubbing, unlike many previous ones, was triggered not by fears of a bubble but rather concern that AI is on the verge of supplanting the business models of a wide swathe of companies that doomsayers have long predicted were at risk.—
Brody Ford,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Such comments strike a somewhat flippant note in view of the disparity between MacSwiney’s and Proust’s circumstances, which included frequent outings to the Ritz in the latter’s case.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Ibeh took a somewhat confused, smirking glance at Miller as the two retreated to their corners.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The sheriff said investigators are not ruling out foul play and noted that the circumstances were serious enough to involve the department’s criminal investigation unit.—
Bradford Betz , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Interesting, but creepy and not big enough in scope.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Relatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatively. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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